Driving Green Manufacturing with Sulzer OptimEXT™
- cemnar0
- Sep 2
- 1 min read
Meeting stringent sustainability and environmental compliance requirements while maintaining profitability challenges many industries today. Sulzer’s OptimEXT™ technology provides a highly effective solution, enabling green manufacturing by minimizing solvent losses, capturing valuable by-products, and facilitating the processing of renewable feedstocks.
OptimEXT™ integrates advanced liquid-liquid extraction with high-efficiency solvent recovery systems, which together deliver solvent recovery rates of over 99% while reducing energy usage by up to 50% and solvent consumption by as much as 70%. This results in lower emissions, less waste, and improved operational economics.
The solution is versatile, addressing a wide range of sustainability needs such as:
Extraction of bio-based chemicals and fuels including furfural, 5-HMF, vitamins, algae products, caffeine, and carotenoids
Removal of hazardous contaminants like sulfur compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and phenols
Supporting environmental compliance through effective wastewater treatment and feedstock purification
Minimizing solvent losses to reduce environmental impact and operating costs
OptimEXT™ has already been successfully deployed in over 700 installations worldwide across industries including petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrometallurgy, and natural extracts.
Sulzer supports customers with pilot testing, process design, and lifecycle services to maximize green manufacturing benefits.
Embrace sustainable and compliant manufacturing with Sulzer OptimEXT™
Contact Sulzer’s process plants team to explore customized green manufacturing solutions for your facility.
